The Computer Association Node Is Located Under The Computer Management

Operating System Deployment node within the Configuration Manager 2007 console and allows you to create mappings between systems for the purpose of migrating user state settings from one system to another. Once a mapping has been created, the USMT is used to capture user state data from the source system,which is then restored on the destination system. The associations created in this node keep track of paired systems so that user state data is captured and restored automatically to and from the correct systems.

This node is also responsible for creating manual machine entries. Manual machine entries are created using information such as the computer name, MAC address, and SMBIOS GUID of a new machine that is not yet managed byConfiguration Manager 2007. These entries are designed to re-provision new, bare meal systems so that they can be managed by Configuration Manager 2007. Prior to R2, this was the only method to deploy operating systems to bare metal computers since the unknown computers collection did not exist.

R2 and higher, you now have the ability to choose how bare metal systems are managed.

Migration Types

Before you start creating computer associations, you need to understand how and why they are created. There are some situations that do not require a computer association so this section is important to understand. Side-by-Side Migrations Side-by-side migrations occur when you have a source and destination computer. The source computer is the computer that is currently being used by a user and contains all of their files and settings (user state data). The destination computer is the user's new computer that does not have any of their user state data.

Once the computer association has been created, the following task sequence steps must be executed on the source computer in the following order.

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Operating System Deployment node within the Configuration Manager 2007 console and allows you to create mappings between systems for the purpose of migrating user state settings from one system to another. Once a mapping has been created, the USMT is used to capture user state data from the source system,which is then restored on the destination system. The associations created in this node keep track of paired systems so that user state data is captured and restored automatically to and from the correct systems.

This node is also responsible for creating manual machine entries. Manual machine entries are created using information such as the computer name, MAC address, and SMBIOS GUID of a new machine that is not yet managed byConfiguration Manager 2007. These entries are designed to re-provision new, bare meal systems so that they can be managed by Configuration Manager 2007. Prior to R2, this was the only method to deploy operating systems to bare metal computers since the unknown computers collection did not exist.